Paper-holder.



F. TYLER.

PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I6, 1917.

Patented May 7,1918.

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' board covers compartment C FRAN K .TYLER, "OF EAST HIGHLANDS,CALIFORNIA.

PAPER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application filed June 16, 1917. Serial No. 175,070.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK TYLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Highlands, in the county of San Bernardino and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Holders,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a paper holder adapted to hold sheets of thinpaper. It is common practice to wrap fruit with tissuepaper. Holdershave been provided to maintain the paper in piles convenient for thewrappers, so that a sheet at a time may be quickly and convenientlyremoved from the holder.

My invention pertains particularly to a holder, which has a needle forholding the sheets, the needle piercing a few of the upper sheets of apile. The construction is such that the needle follows the pile as itdiminishes in height, and each sheet must be torn from the needle grip.

It is an object of my invention to provide a holder of the characterdescribed, which has a needle feeding downwardly in a straight line.

It is a further object of my invention to provide details of structure,whereby a strong holder may be secured, and whereby simplicity ofstructure and ease of operation are obtained.

I accomplish these objects by means of the embodiment of my inventionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is anisometric view of a packing box, with a paper holding board disposedthereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the paper holder, with theboard shown in section. Fig. 3 is a front View of the holder with afragment of the board shown.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, A indicates a packing box having twocompartments, such as is used for packing oranges. The compartment B isin position for packing the wrapped oranges therein, and the The boardis indicated by D, and the paper holder E is secured to one wall of theboard. The board comprises a bottom which covers compartment C andupstanding from the bottom are side walls. The holder E is secured tothe wall 4 and is shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3.

The holder comprises a bracket 5, which preferably consists of a singlestrip of metal bent into a loop with the ends of the strip serving asjaws of a clamp. Apertures are provided in the front and rear of thebracket, and extending therethrough is a clamping bolt 6, the headthereof being diszposed at the rear and the threaded end at the front ofthe bracket. A wing nut 7 is disposed upon the threaded end of the bolt6, and engages the front of the bracket. The wall 4 is placed inposition between the jaws of the bracket, and the wing nut tightened tofirmly secure the bracket to the wall 4. Registering apertures areprovided in the bracket at the top and bottom thereof. Slidingly mountedin the last named apertures is a needle bar 8. The upper end of needlebar 8 is bent forwardly as indicated at 9 to provide a finger hold,whereby the bar may be lifted. The bottom of the needle bar is off-setas indicated by 10, and the end thereof threaded. A collar 11 is fixedlysecured to the off-set portion 10. A nut 12 is mounted upon the threadedofi'-set l0, and a needle 14 is clamped between the nut and collar 11.This provides means for renewing the needle in the case of breakage. Aspring 15 serves to project the needle bar. The spring 15 is hereinshown formed of a steel spring wire having one end formed with an eye 16through which the bolt 6 extends, and having a loop at the center. Theother end 17 has a bend therein, and is hooked over the off-set 10. Inorder to hold the spring in place on the bolt 6, a coil spring 18 isdisposed on the bolt in position to hold the eye between the front wallof the bracket and the end of the spring.

A pile of paper F is disposed on the bottom wall of the paper board, andthe needle 14 allowed to pierce the upper sheets of the pile of paper.The packer removes one sheet at a time by tearing the sheets from theneedle. Due to the fact that there is no pressure upon the uppersheetsof the pile, there is no tendency to pull more than one sheet at a timefrom-the pile.

What I claim is In a paper holder the combination of a bracketcomprising a finger adapted to engage the rear face of a supporting walland a loop projecting forward of said finger having the end thereofadapted to engage the front face of said wall, a tightening member forcompressing said loop to grip said wall, said tightening member havingits adjustment head disposed at the front of said offset portion beingthreaded, and means loop, a needle bar slidably secured in said mountedon said threaded end for remov- 10 bracket for straight line movement,said bar ably confining a needle. having an offset portion at thebottom, a In Witness that I claim the foregoing, I

5 torsion spring having one end thereof bearhave hereunto subscribed myname, this 11th ing upon said tightening member and one day of June,1917. end upon the offset portion of said bar tend: I ing to project thesame, the free end of said FRANK TYLER.

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